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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Zora Neale Hurston
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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